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Evidence of Layered Positional and Directional Constraints in the Voynich Manuscript: Implications for Cipher-Like Structure

Christophe Parisel, 2026. arXiv.

A preprint reporting that Voynich words show different positional and directional constraints inside words and at word boundaries, and considering what that means for a cipher explanation.

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The cryptanalysis survey uses its finding that a Cardan-grille generator and a slot generator each fail to reproduce all four of its signatures.

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Parisel, C. (2026). Evidence of Layered Positional and Directional Constraints in the Voynich Manuscript: Implications for Cipher-Like Structure. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19762
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